prep.
- with the subtraction of.
▸
informal lacking:
he was minus a finger.
- (of temperature) falling below zero by:
minus 40 degrees centigrade.
adj.
- (before a number) below zero; negative.
- (after a grade) rather worse than:
C minus.
- having a negative electric charge.
n.
- short for minus sign.
- informal a disadvantage.
Etymology
C15: from L., neut. of minor ‘less’.